Puerto rican Sofrito-- best stuff ever...

Aross83

so this is the best thing ever.. i use this stuff on everything....

latinstarlite1

OMG I bet that smells heavenly!!!!! I soo need to learn how to make it. I remember growing up, my grandmothers kitchen always smelled good enough to eat when she was making sofrito! mmm

Aross83

yup! it really does smell amazing. My Co-worker gave me her recipe.. its so easy to make.. and it adds such flavor to anything..

Iron_Duchess

Using sofrito is the best way to add flavor to the food without adding fat and calories; and I agree the smell is awesome!.

Aross83

also if you store it in a glass jar in the fridge it will last for weeks...

Debbe2

What's in it? Looks like onion, peppers, garlic, bail, lettuce romaine??

YouAreTheShit

Bump

JolieJemmaMomma

Looks delish!

thechubner

[so this is the best thing ever.. i use this stuff on everything....


Looks heavenly Recipe?

honeybee518

That looks so delicious

nturner612

can you please tell us what they are? sorry dont recognize the green stuff

CakeFit21

Truth.

Juliane_

Sofrito is the base for a lot of our dishes. I don't cook without it. It's base ingrediets are bell peppers, cilantro, onion, garlic and people add their own additional seasonings. Everyone makes their sofrito differently. My variation is: I add 1 chicken boullion cube, 2-3 celery stalks, oregano, vinegar, red bell pepper, cubanelle pepper.

You can use sofrito to "marinade" the meats you are going to use in a "stew". It gives it a TON of flavor.

elelat

Thats my magic ingredient!

Puerto Ricans! add me!

Aross83

here is the recipe:

1 bunch cilantro
1 bunch recoa- which is a Spanish version of Cilantro- The pic with the thin long green leaves.
if you cant find it at a spanish store just use more regular cilantro
1 head of garlic
1 medium/large onion
a bunch of Ajice peppers- also a spanish pepper.. if you cant find them you can use a green bell pepper. (i do that all the time too)
the Ajice peppers also come in sweet and hot and i have used both. either way it comes out great.. the hot peppers are not that spicey but more smokey..

enjoy..

silvergurl518

mmmm. my bro learned how to make cuban sofrito for paella. YUM. what does sofrito actually mean?

WarriorReady

Bump - thanks

elelat

What's in it? Looks like onion, peppers, garlic, bail, lettuce romaine??

mine is done with long coriander (Eryngium), cilantro (Coriandrum), garlic, sweet peppers, onion, table spoon of vinegar and oil, salt and sugar

As they say you can make a lot and put it the frizzer, it lasts long!

Going4Lean

my grandmother makes it at the beginning of every month and it smells delicious.

_Elemenopee_

Mine is similar to yours, OP. I make a huge batch then freeze in ice cube trays, once the cubes are solid I put them into freezer bags and pull out however many cubes (servings) I need for a recipe...PERFECT!

P.S. This is my moms recipe:

Sofrito
2 lg vidalia onions (2 lbs)
3 lg peppers (2grn/1red) seeded,
2 packs ajicito peppers,
2 bunches cilantro,
3 bunches recao (culantro),
1 whole garlic head,
EV olive oil, adobo & pepper
Clean and cut everything, throw into food processor and drizzle in oil to help it blend while blitzing. Pour into (4-5) ice cube trays and freeze overnight. Put frozen cubes into freezer bags. Keeps for about a year.
Voila!

elelat

mmmm. my bro learned how to make cuban sofrito for paella. YUM. what does sofrito actually mean?

Sofrito is to precook or preheat some of the ingredients in a meal. It is like a mother sauce. The part "frito" is literally "fry".

For example if I'm cooking beans Im trowing sofrito in the pan with olives, carnation leaves, onion wheels before putting the beans and water.

Aross83

yes i also freeze them in ice cubes sometime too!

i also will take the sofrito add some soy sauce, adobo, sazon and use that as a marinade sometimes too. also in rice and beans..

Lyssa_Herrera

My best friend makes sofrito all the time! I love it!!!!! Its hard to find all the stuff to make it here in Vegas tho. We sometimes have to go to a few stores and we can never find the ajice peppers so we use green bell peppers.

HMD7703

You had me at Puerto Rican... But yes, Sofrito is Ah-maze-Zing!

Iron_Duchess

I buy it pre-made by Goya. They have sofrito, that has tomato and achiote for the red color, and recaito that is green because of the recao.

Yieya

Oh I love this thread! I use sofrito often. The smell is heavenly! I make my own and like some other posters said you can freeze it in an ice cube tray and it last longer. Yum-O

1 large yellow onion
1 red bell pepper
1 medium head of garlic
12 ajíes dulces - Use green pepper if you can't find these
6 leaves of recao - Use cilantro if you can't find recao
¼ cup Spanish olives, pitted
1 tbsp crushed orégano
½ cup olive oil

Enjoy everyone!!!!

painthoss

The Goya sofrito sauce I bought yesterday completely on the strength of this thread smells and tastes amazing, but also smells and tastes like it's been cooked, not just processed and bottled. Do you cook your sofrito?

so far i dipped pretzels in it, spread some on my morning omelet, and ate it by the spoon right out of the bottle.

Thanks for the great suggestion.

Aross83

Yes the goya one you buy is very processed. full of fillers and such..
make your own fresh its 100 times better than the one you bought..